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Zenker's Honeyguide - BirdForum Opus

Melignomon zenkeri

Identification

14.5 cm. Small, thin-billed Honeyguide.
Rather plain with dark olive brown upperparts, yellowish buff undersides. Extensive white on outer tail feathers with narrow (sometimes broken) terminal band. Eye black, bill black upper mandible, distal 25% black on yellow lower mandible, legs dusky yellowish grey.

Distribution

Africa:
Western Africa: found in Guinea, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Democratic Republic of Congo
Eastern Africa: occurs only in Uganda

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Moist subtropical and tropical lowlands and mountains.

Behaviour

Rather sluggish and easily overlooked.

Diet

Their diet is not well known but appears to be insect-based, including pupae and cocoons.

Vocalisation

Call: A high, monotonous "teet teet teet"

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Short, L.L. and J. F. M. Horne (2020). Zenker's Honeyguide (Melignomon zenkeri), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.zenhon1.01

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